Second edition. 122 pages. Illustrated jacket over orangecloth with gilt titles and decoration to front and spine. From the Children's Library series. Includes illustrated plates. Pages are rather marked with pronounced tanning and foxing, plus thumbing. Foxing more intense towards the start and end of the book. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Endpapers have strips of tanning caused by jacket. Text block edges very foxed indeed. Boards have some moderate edge wear, with slight bumping to corners and minor bumping to spine ends. Gilt is bright. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing. Extensive tape repairs. Jacket is highly rubbed and marked overall.